This is a car that you don’t see too often. Sitting in a shop in Chepachet, Rhode Isand is a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 with a Super Cobra Jet (SCJ) 428 cubic inch V8 engine. The car is listed for sale here on eBay with the 3 days remaining in the listing. The seller has a Buy It Now Price of $75,000. Is that too high for a rare car that needs some work? The seller also has an option for buyer to Make an Offer. The pictures of this 4 speed Mach 1 are less than desired but it is still worth a look.
The eBay ad shows the car on a 4 post lift surrounded by other Ford products including a DeTomasa Pantera in the background. The car has not been started in a year but the seller thinks it will fire up. The ad states that the prior owner was restoring the car to be a driver and has already performed some mechanical work. Some of the original parts that were taken off the car have been saved and will go with the car when sold. There are not interior pictures of the car but the Marti Report shows that the interior is a blue knit vinyl material with, of course, bucket seats. The car has a locking rear axle with a 4.30 rear gear ratio. The R Code 428 cubic inch V8 engine is backed by a close ratio 4 speed transmission.
The Mach 1 was originally sold in York, Pennsylvania at the Carl Beasley Ford dealership. It was an early car built in October 1969 and painted in medium Blue Metallic paint. There is a picture of what looks to be this car on the cover of Mustang Monthly but there is not any information on it. Pictures of the article are shown wrapped in cellophane so it is unreadable.
While there are not pictures of the engine. The seller does show a picture of the the shaker scoop. It is hard to tell the condition of the paint and decals so it would be best to see this car in person. The seller states that he/she is not interested in low ballers and that if the car doesn’t sell at the end of the auction, he/she will complete the restoration. With only 857 Mach 1’s built with the 428 Super Cobra Jet engine and drag pack option, I would think this would be a desirable car.
Not one shot of this illustrious engine? WTF?
I Concur.
Hey, the owner said “it should start”. Isn’t that good enough? . .
What a “joker”!
No kidding!! How about pulling it outside and taking some decent pictures of it?
But he’s only asking 75 grand, so maybe that’s too much to ask for…
Wow big motor w 4sp, 4.30 gear ⚙️
That’ll be a snappy ride.
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Looks like it could be a desirable, valuable car but not enough info/pics to tell. The Mustang Monthly article has been professionally mounted which is a nice touch. I wish I could tell what month/year the car was featured (I probably have the issue in my archives).
I think it said April 2018.
I guess the seller thinks if you are willing to drop 75K on a classic muscle car you are just going to buy a plane ticket and just go look at it in person. Otherwise don’t bother me it too much of a hassle to properly document the car properly.
Seems likely to me there is a truck bed of BS in this “sale”.
Who does such a poor job of selling what appears to be a super rare desirable?
Run this through any high end auction easily if it’s what is claimed.
You can’t hook to power and fuel to try to start while in a shop, or even get a pic outside the shop in the one minute it takes to roll it out? BS
In all likelihood, you are correct on all counts. However, there is a chance that this is someone that just wants it gone and doesn’t care to put in the effort to get additional monies out of the car.
Gone now, the seller has more photos of paperwork than the car.
A lot of money for very few pictures!!!!!!!!?????? Gotta see that engine, and some interior shots would be nice too!!!!!
The people who bought or considered buying this vehicle already knew about it. Cars like this have been followed through their ownerships for years. It is not uncommon for cars like this not to go through a large auction.
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I was told almost 30 years ago that to get the Super CJ motor (very different than the CJ motor) One had to order the “Drag Pak” and choose between a 3.90 limited slip or a 4.10 Detroit Locker. Please let me know if this was true.
Ken,
You are on the right track, just a little off on the details. For the 428 cars if the 3.91 or 4.30 rear axle was ordered the car automatically received a 428SCJ engine. The regular CJ was not available with either of those rear axle ratios. Ordering either of these gear ratios was called the Drag Pack.
I believe that to be true. Im not a Ford guy but my brother found a SCJ Torino last year all original in great shape. Hasnt run in 15 years and painted the wrong color. 4 spd. Seems most people though dont realuze the difference in value between the CJ and the SCJ
I have two friends each restoring one of these. Both are 4 speed, SCJ, Drag pak cars. One is triple black with the 4.30 rear, the other is Medium blue with 3.91 rear. Id have to look at the build sheet again i think it may be like this with a blue interior. Whether you’re a Ford person or not, thats a mean machine. Wish i could one day afford one of theirs to add to my collection but they’ll be out of my price range when they’re done. Price is arguable, would need to inspect in person to determine that. These cars tickle that $100k range when redone, depends how much attention this one would actually require.
murph428
Drag Pack was a choice of 3.9 or 4.3 rear end. W code was the 4.3 and V code was the 3.9.
murph428
Yes come to think of it that’s a good point my 70 Boss 302 has the W Code set up and the V Code was also available in the Boss 302. Although they didn’t option it as a Drag Pack in a Boss 302. I have two 69 CobraJet R Codes and neither of them have the Detroit Locker.
I know that the seller said to email him for a link to many more pictures, but wouldn’t it have been nice to at least include one picture of the interior in the EBay ad, and better yet, a link to these pictures?
So all of the Lookie-Lous could look at them?
murph428
Is there someone out there that could inform me better about the early 427 side oilers?
I have a 427 stamped 65 and was wondering was tthat the year they started developing the side oiler leading up to Le Mans.
I read the same comments over, and over, and over again. Real car guys will get what I am about to say.
Otherwise known as Lookie-Lous, Be Backs, and a plethora of other terms which would be innapropriate to list here…these are the folks that have zero intention of buying the car (and in many cases couldn’t if they wanted to).
Anyone who has a car like this for sale does not NEED to appease all of these time wasters and, in most cases, learned that LOOOOOONG ago. A real buyer would be on the phone with the seller, getting any and all of the information and pictures that they needed, and making plans to go see it and buy it.
So, for all of you that complain about these things constantly, just admit it…you wouldn’t buy it even if there were a thousand pictures and the seller paid you $500 to look at them. It is not the seller’s responsibility to cater to your car fetish and provide fodder for your daydreaming.
If I am serious about buying a car, I am on the phone with the seller IMMEDIATELY and I am hoping like heck the pictures suck and no one else sees the ad, lol. The most valuable cars that are the best deals are purchased this way 99.999% of the time. If someone has professional pictures of a car, and lots of glitz and glam in their ad, then you can bet it will be overpriced and that it is likely a flipper selling it.
And the listing is gone…
I had an R code with 4:30 DL. It was a tough car to drive daily. Gears were not Highway drivable for daily use. Probably a good candidate for a resto and added to a car collection.